Fuss Free Tips

As most of my recipes have a fuss free tip hidden somewhere within them I thought that it would be a good idea to collate them all into one post of handy fuss free ideas.

This page is a work in progress and will be updated.

To clean a spice/coffee ginder: Wipe it out with a dry piece of kitchen paper and then grind a spoon of rice, discard and wipe again. This dilutes and gets rid most of the lingering flavours. Why no one has ever made an electric grinder which has removable and dishwasherable working parts I do not know. Having cleaned it like this you should be able to use it for different spices or coffee again.

Left over ginger root can be peeled and frozen and quickly grated with a microplane from frozen then the remainder popped back into the freezer.

Freeze leftover cheese rinds for adding to soups for easy extra flavour.

When cooking with golden syrup run boiling water over the spoon you will use to measure it, the syrup will then slide easily from the spoon.

To zest and juice a lemon always zest first and then juice. It is nigh on impossible to do the other way round.

Cook brown rice in a steamer in the microwave as it is ready and perfectly cooked in 14 minutes.

Keep a pot of mixed free frozen beans in the freezer for quick and easy base for a packed salad.